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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936 TWENTY-FOUR The Minneapplis Star THREE MORE PLAYERS, RECALL SIX BUY $48.5 Down! Cubs, Cards to Settle N. Y. Fate TWO PITCHERS, CATCHER ADDED TO '37 ROSTER 0N Sports plf ITcfeC hy Chjres Johnson "NE ONLY HAS TO SIT IN on a practice session or two that Bernie -S Bierman stages to realize why he has been so successful in dc-! vrloping outstanding football elevens for the University of Beyond any argument, he is the most thorough mentor we have ever OUT OF THE COACHING GAME BIERMAN'S LIFE STORY is is is is is is ftftftftftft ftftftftftft BACK TO BUSINESS AFTER A GOOD START seen in action with a college squad. It was something of a treat to drill yesterday and watch the idol promising squad through its paces. I sit on the sidelines at the initial: of Gopher fans put his large and; He puts on the most businesslike drills that we ever have seen and we have some rather distinct im-; pressions of how this work is handled at other Conference schools from a good look at all of them last year.

5 Wtr Iff Vl lit 111 Bierman. And you don't see anyone Minneapolis ball club for a fresh definite and practical system foristart in the American Association's The gridders work hard under standing around idle. He sets up his workouts so that every candidate he is discarded. a When the official whistle blew yesterday afternoon, Bernie divided iha cniiHc amniw hie nirU and a few seconds later the nlace was hum-; ming with activity. He arranges his time is wasted through any session.

How does the 1936 squad look? Well, it's impossible to say after two drills that were devoted largely to fundamentals. The boys, speaking generally, seem to have the physical requirements as far as weight, ranginess, strong legs, speed and advanced knowledge of the sport, but it's a question whether this gang can reach its top form within 10 short days. That is necessary with the Washington struggle Sept. 26 making or breaking the Gophers for the entire season. What impressed us about the first practice was the seriousness jing iewer nus man any uuuu pui.ii-of the players.

These daily workouts are most strenuous. They are1" in the league, downright monotonous, but the bovs never show it. They realize what; Catcher Harry Camelli right-must be accomplished in a short time and are digging in a little harder handed batter who averaged than any Bierman squad we have seen in action in 10 days. games during 1936 from Bierman already has a pretty fair idea of his leading players, but i Tyler of the East Texas league, it has been several months since he has seen them. Now he's going Ranked as outstanding catching i i j.i nrnsnpet.

ft sm over tnem again wun nis eagie eye last spring were a bit cockeyed. It's a difficult job to mould a football squad for the type of opposition that the 1936 Gophers must face, but it can be said for certain that the first drill had that mid-season touch that sideliners don't expect to see on opening day. ft ft ft Judging by all the conversation we heard around Northrop Field yesterday, getting 50-yard-line seats for the home games still is the biggest problem on the campus. ft ft ft PLAYOFF GETS SHARE OF THE CREDIT TF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION baseball fans have the slightest idea with Mrs. Bierman that the playoff will be dropped some stiff criticism of the system, and now.

This plan will live at least another year and possibly vnore Baseball club owners measure their success by lilliilll the total the turnstiles show at the end of each season. George Trautman, in St. Paul for the Indianapolis series, announces that the eight league clubs drew 322,000 more paid customers this year than last That's the total for the 154-game schedule and doesn't include the playoff which will run close to 100,000 more. Any time a league shows a 33 1-3 per cent increase in attendance in one year, it will not make any changes in its program for the time being. The playoff that held up interest In at least four towns right down to the last day had something to do with the FOUR-DAY STAND LIKELY TO SET NATIONAL RACE Can N.

Y. Stand Pros-perity? Challengers Demand Satisfaction By LESLIE AVERY New York, N. Y. (U.R) The question of whether the New York Giants can stand prosperity is up for settlement today as the Na tional league leaders open their major bid for the championship in a four-day stretch in which their challengers, the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cards, will demand satisfaction five times. Having quaffed frequently the wine of success since their mid- July drive to the fore, the Giants have tasted even more deeply since ousting the Cards from the leader ship two weeks ago.

Now there is a question whether they have partaken too frequently and too deep ly. The answer will be known after they engage the Cubs today and to morrow and the Cards in a double header Sunday and a single on Monday. Dodgers Still in rath If the Giants can withstand this challenge and maintain their 3'4 game margin over St Louis, they should be in a position to smash their way to the pennant, although they still have five games with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and nothing gives the Flatbushers more pleasure than to knock the Manhattan-ites out of a race toward the end of the season. The coming five games between the three flag contenders Is fraught with possibilities. The Giants can wind up no worse than a second place tie with the Cubs a game and a half behind the Cardinals, and that is conditional upon their loss of all five games, which docs not seem probable with Manager Bill Terry's great srrewballer, Carl Hubbell, at his top form of the season.

Hubbell is scheduled to start against Chicago today, and if Ter ry's other hurlers are battered about too much Saturday and Sun day, the lanky southpaw may draw the Monday assignment If Hub bell wins today, and the Giants lose the other four while the Cards win the next five, they will still be only a half game out of the leadership and the race will develop into an other hot three-club fight that may last down to the final day of the season. The Giants dropped a full game to St. Louis and Chicago yesterday, when they were halted, 7 to 2 by the Cincinnati Reds, while the Cards were whipping Boston, 3 to 2, and the Cubs were triumphing over Philadelphia by the same margin. The seven hit pitching of Paul Derringer stopped the Giants. Gene Moore Errs A double boner by Gene Moore permitted the Cards to score twice in the ninth and win.

And Stan Hack's home run in the eighth gave the Cubs their winning margin Pittsburgh bludgeoned out an 11-5 win over Brooklyn. Hal Trosky's thirty-seventh homer of the year came in the ninth with a mate aboard to give the Cleveland Indians a 5-4 decision over the New York Yankees, American league pennant winners. going to do for three squares a day for myself and my bride. Hence, the fling in the bond business. I'm not going to mention what success I had in this line, but I did have some unusual experience My old gang at Wells Dickey had a dinner for me last winter and I learned then that I couldn't have been so hot.

Of course, they kid ded me plenty about my work, but I gave myself the benefit of the doubt and decided that they were just having a lot of fun with me at the reunion. Be that as it may, I just couldn't feel at home away from athletics, As I covered my northwest terri tory selling bonds, I always kept both ears open to any coaching positions that were available around the country. I finally did get a chance to get back to my first love coaching but that's a chapter in itself. (Tomorrow: Back in the coaching game to stay). Balance in Ten Weeks Or Charge Account.

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Monet; Back If You Can Duplicate Brown' Values! TV. gets a thorough once over before program in such a way that nof to ucienunie jus uu cmwiu ui next year because there has been they can drop the matter right here TKAUTMAN Kansas City shoved the Brewers that the Blues were given a nrettv he was doing. He has started 193 the of the 9 and i0o; and the also the The sold in of Holland, Wasdell, FiaritO, Luther, Lamb, But-land to Return By FKED IU TCHIXSON The process of rebuilding the campaign continued today. Mike Kelley, president of the Millers, today announced the purchase three more young players and recall of six from clubs in leagues of lower classification. Today's purchase included those two pitchers and a catcher.

They are: Pitcher George Saurbrun, 20 year old southpaw from Tyler of East Texas league. Won 22 games, lost only four while allow- il. Pitcher Wilson Hayes, right hander from Greeneville of Cotton States legaue. Won 14 games, lost seven. Pitched and won double-header on final day of the season, to 0, 8 to 2, allowing two hits seven hits, in the respective games.

Players recalled by the Miller boss are "more familiar. They include Dutch Holland from Baltimore; Jimmy Wasdell from Nashville; Henry Fiarito from Knox-ville; Augie Luther from Water- Jack Lamb from Jacksonville Wilbur Butland from St. Augustine of the Florida State league. Butland is the 18 year old speedballer brought to the Millers' camp last spring by Coach Bill Burwell. The Millers' reserve list now includes 24 players and onfy 12 of them finished the 1936 season with Kels.

The list now includes the following players: Catchers: Pinky Hargrave and Harry CameHi. Pitchers: Belve Bean, Walter Tauscher, Jake Baker, Rosy Ryan, Charles Wagner from Rocky Mount of Piedmont league; George Saurbrun from Tyler of East Texas league; Wilson Hayes of Greeneville of Cotton States league, Jack Lamb and Wilbur Butland. Infielders: Joe Hauser, Andy Cohen, Roy Pfleger, Blondy Ryan, Fresco Thompson, Jimmy Wasdell, Henry Fiarito and Augio Luther. Outfielders: Spencer Harris, Buzz Arlett, Dutch Holland, Mike Christoff and Stanley Spence from Rocky Mount of Piedmont league. Other American Association clubs are making deals.

Indianapolis today announced the sale of Pitchers Bob Logan and Paul "Dizzy" Trout to Detroit. The Tribe will re-receive cash and three players for two hurlers. Milwaukee expects to close a deal with Pittsburgh for the sale of Pitcher Luke Hamlin, obtained from Detroit. Brewers are expected to receive four players in the trans action. Toledo, which yesterday Catcher Garbark to the Cubs, today sold First Baseman Harry Davis to the St.

Louis Browns. Indianapolis and Milwaukee today were topheavy favorites to reach the finals in the A.A. playoff as a result of their second straight victories yesterday. St. Paul and Kansas City now need four out of five games to win out.

The Saints and Indians meet in St. Paul today in the third game of the series while the Milwaukee-Kansas City scries moves to Muehlebach field tonight. Another win for the Hoosiers at Lexington today will enable then to end the series at Indianapolis with a fourth straight triumph Sunday afternoon. The Saints and Indians drew only 1,200 yesterday while the Blues and Brewers attracted 9,109. Bob Logan was in fine form yes terday as he set the Saints down with seven hits in the Tribe's 7 to 1 victory.

He retired the first 12 men in order and gave up two hits the fifth. Three singles and an outfield fly produced the only St. Paul run in the sixth frame. The Indians, meanwhile, shellacked Lou Fette for 15 hits, including a pair homers by Buddy Bates. Berger and Siebert got four hits apiece for perfect afternoons while Bates included a single in his collection to drive in four of the seven tallies.

In Milwaukee, Tot Pressnell gave Kansas City only seven hits as the Brewers won by 4 to 2. It was Pressnell's sixth win in seven starts against the Blues this season. The Brewers gathered only nine hits off Phil Page but bunched blows for two runs in the first and two in the sixth to gain their advantage. The clubs needed only 73 minutes fjlaytheir night contest By BERNIE BIERMAN (Head football coach at the University of Minnesota whose teams lire undefeated for the past three years) CHAPTER NO. 4 Three eventful years followed at the University of Montana.

They were three busy years, too, for in addition to directing football I had to worry about the basketball and track teams. Before I returned to the coaching game, it was only natural that I should look up my old instructor and adviser Dr. H. L. Williams whose coaching days were drawing to a close at Minnesota.

He spent considerable time with me during the summer of 1919. In fact my employers undoubtedly thought then that I spent too much time on football when I was with them, but that's neither here nor there. Maybe I have been forgiven since for not selling my share of oil and gas. I installed the Dr. Williams football system as soon as I started practice at Missoula.

We had to play pretty stiff schedules then because there weren't many schools of our size in that district. Beat Huskies As I look back on my three years at Montana, the game that still stands out in my memory was played in my second year. We had only a fair team in 1919, but did well enough so that I wasn't too discouraged over possibilities of improvement. In 1920, our schedule called for a game with the University of Washington. The dope was all against Montana.

So were the odds, but we won, 18-14. It was one of those victories that puts a coach in pretty good with the Downtown Quarterbacks, old grads and even the school bosses. Maybe that's why I remember it so well. Montana played such schools as Montana State, Washington, Washington State, Idaho and Gnnzaga among others. Of course, the game a Montana coach had to win each year so that he could keep the anvil chorus under control was the annual meeting with Montana State.

Old Lack Luck smiled on me each time I sent my gang into action against our chief rival. We tied State In my first year and then won the next two games. Being off the beaten path, we didn't get much publicity outside of our home sector, i or that reason, it might not -nean a whole lot now to mention any of the lead ing players Montana had while I was there. I recall off hand such boys as Steve Sullivan and Harry Adams, backs, who rated high in our conference. Oh, yes, and there was a boy named Swede Dahlberg who played a lot ot football for me out there.

Coaching football was only one of my many uorries at Montana. I also had to act as head track and basketball coach. Nowadays, most schools have men for each of these sports. Football in itself furnished enough grief even back in those days, but I had two other major sports to take care of, too. I don't recall that our basketball teams did anything remarkable to distinguish themselves under my direction, but I do remember that we won all of our dual meets in track during my three years of directing this sport.

Was Married It was during my third year at Montana that I married Clara Mc-Kenzie. She and I were old school mates back at Minnesota. She lived at Havre, after completing her education. After three full years of coaching, I decided that this profession carried a little too much grief for one person to follow all of his life. I guess my bride felt that way, too, for shortly after we were married I decided that I really should take another shot at a business career.

Don't get me wrong. The Downtown Quarterbacks weren't making me miserable or anything like that. I was perfectly happy at Montana, but I thought I could do a little better for myself in a financial way if I devoted all of my time to a 'business career. Eventually, I discovered that that was all wrong. Before school closed in June of 1921, informed my superiors that I wouldn't be back in the fall.

With that decision I figured my coaching days were behind me. At least, that's tuhal I told a number of prospective employers back in Minneapolis when I began looking around for a starting point for my so called business career. After some correspondance, some old friends at the Wells, Dickey company in Minneapolis went to bat for me and I landed a position buying municipal bond issues through the northwest. 1 wasn't quite sure whether this was the line I wanted to follow permanently, but I was a married man who had been away from Minneapolis for three years and I couldn't do much choosing as to what I was big crowds for the year. Improved business conditions helped, too.

So did the fact that Kansas City, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Louisville had better teams. Yet when the club owners gather for their winter sessions to set up their 1937 program, they'll give the playoff a good share of the credit for the additional 322,000 spectators that they drew. So you can make up your mind that we'll have another playoff in 1937. Now, we can't see anything seriously wrong with it despite the noisy outbursts from here and there.

ft ft ft They are not so happy over in St. Paul with two defeats In two starts in the playoff series. But the fans don't seem to be much interested, judging by attendance so far. ft ft ft FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF GOPHERS GOOD pPHERE WERE MANY THINGS of interest to scribes and coaches who had the privilege of watching Minnesota's first practice yesterday. For example, they wanted to know how: Bud "Wilkinson has adjusted himself to his new and important post of calling signals at quarterback.

Whitman Rork and other fullback candidates, battling for Sheldon Beise's old spot, look. Julie Alfonse's one-year layoff from competition has affected him. Francies Twedell will fit into the guard picture. Those are just a few and, of course, definite answers couldn't be The Gopher coach Bierman at IVclls-Dickcy; with LEE HERRON IS CITY DISTRICT GOLFTITLIST 148 Wins Tournament at Woodhill, Boutell Second With 150 Lee Herron, Interlachen, yester day won the Minneapolis district golf title in the annual tournament at Woodhill, shooting rounds of 77 and 71 for a 148 total. He was two strokes up on Billy Boutell, 1935 champion, who had 76-74 for a 150 total.

Boutell was low on the morning round, Herron on the afternoon round. A bad cross wind raised most scores sky high and many players did not report their totals. Forty- three golfers were entered. Hay Is Winner of Horseshoe Title Frederick Hay, Minneapolis, yesterday won the Minnesota State fair horseshoe tournament with 10 victories and one defeat. Vincent Piller, St.

Paul, was second with nine wns and two losses, while Thorstein Madsen, Good Thunder, was third with eight and three. TIME OUT! Tom Rodcn, RoUin Andrea's AMERICAN. ASSOCIATION BOX SCORES Indianapolis ab pa I St. Paul ab 4 Bates.lt 5 5 0 5 0 1 Mowry.cf Boken.s 3 Fenner.c 4 Todt.lb 3 2 Feete.p Bereer.cf Riddle.c Seibert.lb Bliiepe.ss LoRan.p Totals 41 15 27 13 1 Totals 34 7 27 12 Indianapolis 020 100 2207 St. Paul 000 001 000 1 Errors Bluee'.

Fette. Runs batted in Bates 4, Seibert. Sherlock 2. Mowry. Two base hits SeMbert, Locan.

Home runs Bates 2. Sacrifice Blueee. Stolen bases Berger. Seibert. Double plays Blueee to Sherlock to Seibert; Boken to Warner to Todt.

Left on bases Indianapolis 11, St. Paul 6. Bases on balls Fette 3. Strikeouts Logan 2. Fette 4.

Umpires Dunn. Kober, Swanaon and Johnson. Time of game 1:34. Kansas City ab po I Milwaukee a I OGullic.rf York.lb 0 ILaabs.lf OlStorti.Sb 4 IBrenzel.c 4 01 01 Totals po a 2 Schulte.2b 4 1 1 Stumpf.cf 4 4 4 4 March, rf 4 Valenti.3h 3 3 Page.p 2 xBocek 1 Moncrief.p 0 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 15 2 27 9 27 20 Totals 33 7 24 101 Batted for Page In eighth. Kansas City 100 001 0002 Milwaukee 200 002 OOx 4 Runs batted tn Stumpf, Gullic 2, Madieski.

Brenzel 2. Two base hits McCulloch. Stumpf. Stortl, Brenzel. Home runs Stumpf.

Gullic. Double plays Pressnell to Wilburn to York to Brenzel to Wilburn: Marshall to Alexander. Left on bases Kansas City 4. Milwaukee 5. Base on balls Off Page 1.

Struck out By Page 2. bv Pressnell 2. Hits Off Page 9 in 7 Innings; off Moncrief, none in 1 inning. Losing pitcher Page. Umpires Rue, Borski.

Tobin and Guthrie. Time of game 1:13. By Chet Smith given after one day of practice. But we at least got some idea of what to expect from these boys. We thought one of the highlighls of the practice was the manner in which Wilkinson conducted himself at quarter.

During a short drill, he barked signals with a precision and snap that made one believe that he always had handled this assignment. It was apparent that Bud had spent considerable time on his new job and had made some important advances. For spirit and determination, Whitman Rork showed that he's ready to give any one who thinks he's entitled to first call at fullback a real fight. If anything, Julie Alfonse has improved since his last appearance as a Gopher. Striking was the manner in which he was tossing passes around the practice field.

Twedell's work, like that of other linemen, was restricted to the monotonous grind of hitting the tackling dummy and charging at the heavy bag, but most everyone has a rather vivid picture of what he did last spring to eliminate any worry about what to expect from him. Yes, Bierman has problems. He'll have more of them as practice goes on, but for the first day one couldn't help but come away with pleasant impressions. ft ft ft' Speaking of baseball clubs stumbling around, the New York Giants are doing a pretty fair job of it. ft ft ft SOTHORON KNEW WHAT HE WAS ABOUT "nrrHEN the Milwaukee Brewers were taking it on the chin pretty VV regularly throughjhe last week of the regular American Association season, the impression was created that this club had collapsed once the pennant strain was over and never would regain its best form when the playoffs started.

Sothoron gave his pitching regulars who had done such noble work all season a good rest. He used rookies on the mound and in other spots with the result that around so much chance of winning the playoff series. But it should be apparent to everyone now that and Pressnell in the plavoff t-s Sothoron knew fLIso far and both me viciunes were what iwo pucners namiin under those conditions that Kansas City has had of them twirled invincible ball. scored under the lights and it's getting away from the fact that good ball club this year, one that its oest success. There is no Milwaukee had a SOTHOKON the honor after rates favorably past.

The Brewers DINNER tHFnpM DANCING I 1 $J00 I no cover with the pennant winners of the didn't have much of a ficht for mid-season even though thev had to go until the last week of the schedule before clinching the title beyond any argument. Indianapolis, probable conqueror of St. Paul, has been tough for Milwaukee all season, but it doesn't appear to have the all around class the Brewers have shown since the opening day of the season. They must be established as top heavy favorites to win the playoff now that they have the pennant salted away. You know, Bill, I've often wondered how it would feel to be hit by Bronko Xagurskl..